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Is Your IQ Higher Than the Average American?

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Some people are naturally clever - in a very specific way. That's their "intelligence quotient" or IQ. The average is 100. Genius is 140. Are you over the average?

Were you in any AP classes?

All of them

One or two

One

Nope

Are you great at math?

I am math.

I am very good.

I'm decent.

It's not my strong suit.

At what age were you reading on your own?

3

4

5

6

Do you find most people just a teensy bit... well, thick?

Most, and more than a teensy bit

Quite a few, yes

Some, yes

Not really

Can you read a spreadsheet?

Yes, I love spreadsheets!

Yes, that's fine for me.

Sure, just about

Only if it is not too complex

Can you memorize a poem?

I have memorized whole books of the stuff.

I have memorized several of Shakespeare's sonnets, at least one psalm, and the first 100 lines of Coleridge's Kubla Khan.

If they're funny or especially good.

I know some dirty limericks.

How about remembering a phone number?

I know all of my friends' numbers by heart.

I know a few key numbers.

I know my boo's number and my folks' number.

I know my own number.

Are you good at deductive reasoning?

Elementary, my dear Watson

I'm pretty good, yes.

I get by.

Not a strong suit for me

Roughly what is your vocabulary?

Over 80,000 words

60,000 words

30,000 words

15,000 words

Did you ever read ahead of your grade level?

Yes, by four grades

Yes, by two grades

Yes, by a grade

Only occasionally

Can you play an instrument?

I play four.

I play one.

I tinker a little.

Nope

Can you see patterns?

Yes, I see them whether or not they're there.

Yes, when they are there.

Yes, if they are not too obscure.

If I am coached in the relevant field, I suppose I can.

Do you instinctively recognize the Golden Mean when you see it?

Yes, it's 1:1.618 and it's beautiful.

Yes, it's in sunflowers... I think.

I think I can.

I don't know what that is.

When you were a kid on the playground, could you instinctively figure out that the seesaw worked best if the bigger kid sat further away from the middle?

Yes, even if there were several of us.

Yes, if we were just two.

Yes, after experimenting

No, someone had to tell us.

How much do plot holes in movies bother you?

SO MUCH

A bit, depending on the genre

Not much unless they're really bad

Only if they are pointed out

How's your Sudoku game?

Mighty indeed

Strong

Decent

Sudoku is boring!

And your Minesweeper talents?

I can finish expert in under a minute.

I can finish expert in under 2 minutes.

I can finish expert.

I can finish intermediate.

Can you read maps?

Yes, even upside down and in foreign languages.

Yes, if they are not badly written.

I can, though currently my GPS has blunted my edge.

No, that's what GPS is for.

How's your emotional intelligence?

It's above average, but not good.

It's astonishingly good.

It's OK.

It's about in the middle.

What sort of humor do you like best?

Puns!

Witticisms

Slapstick

Fart jokes

How many books do you read per year?

Over 100

About 50

About 25

I don't really read whole books.

How easily manipulated are you?

Not very

Not at all: I can spot the signs and think up or down to my opponents' level.

I'm weirdly gullible considering I'm quite smart - it's like they hook you with a fact and a compliment and then go from there.

Very

Do you have a lot of empathy?

It comes and goes, depending on who I'm dealing with.

Yes, a great deal

Yes, a good amount

Yes, a healthy amount

Do you understand other people's positions more instinctively, or intellectually?

Intellectually

A mix, whichever I prefer - it's like using filters on Instagram.

Mostly instinctive but I can also think through it.

Almost entirely instinctive

Not everyone gets a shot at a good education, but smart folks tend to stand out wherever they are. Did you tend to outperform others on the same course as you?

Yes, I got bullied for it.

Yes, I was admired for it.

Yes, but not remarkably so.

Not really

Do you instinctively understand how an igloo stays up?

Yes, and I can explain it: the blocks are all falling down into each other so the load is distributed and they stand up.

Yes, it's just an arch but round.

Yes, but I can't exactly explain it.

No, it's like magic.

Do you retain a lot of general knowledge?

Yes, I went on Mastermind once.

Yes, I went on Jeopardy once.

I know a thing or two.

I know a lot about one or two sports.

How many national flags do you think you could identify?

Over 80

Over 50

Maybe 30

Mine, plus like 10 others

What is the wind?

It's when there is an area of high pressure and an area of low pressure and the air moves from the higher to the lower pressure place, and we feel it, in accordance with the Bernoulli effect.

It's a movement of air from high to low pressure.

It's air blowing from one place to another.

It's like a breeze but bigger.

Do you tend to question what you are told?

Constantly, including what I tell myself

Yes, mostly

Only if the teller seems dumb

Only if the teller is a weirdo

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